re: Arsenal 2014/15 Season Long Thread

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I'm sure you can, it was an obvious foul.

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Agree to disagree. It was hardly obvious. It looked like Fabregas was looking for contact, from the way he swandove like he was expecting contact. LINK

It was right in front of the referee and it was frankly embarrassing. It wasn't a foul outside the box nor in it. The fact that there were no protestations from Cesc should immediately tell you he was trying to pull a fast one on the ref. He even smiled wryly at Santi after the incident. Given your views on diving I'm honestly surprised you are taking this position.

The first Oscar incident wasn't a foul either. LINK

First it looks like a dive because the contact was incidental and caused Oscar to trip over himself. Not a foul.

The only clear cut foul and penalty was the Oscar/Ospina one. None of the handballs. The yellows Ivanovic and Coquelin earned were doing the same exact thing, trying to impose physicality on the opposition's best player, a tactic I'm surprised anyone actually has a problem with, as it worked for both teams. Hazard was quiet and Sanchez kept going down expecting fouls just by mere contact after Ivanovic's first hard tackle, which was ridiculous.

Even then both teams should have done better from the chances they created. Ramires did poorly when he was through from Willian, and Ozil, Mertesacker, and Sanchez (numerous times) scuffed goalmouth opportunities, which you just can't do.